The bending energy levels of C2H2

Absorption spectra of C2H2 have been recorded between 50 and 1450 cm−1, with a resolution always better than 0.005 cm−1, using two different Fourier transform spectrometers. Analysis of the data provided two sets of results. First, the bending levels with Σt Vt(t = 4, 5) ≤ 2 were characterized by a coherent set of 34 parameters derived from the simultaneous analysis of 15 bands, performed using a matrix Hamiltonian. The following main parameters were obtained (in cm−1): ω40 = 608.985196(14), ω50 = 729.157564(10); B0 = 1.17664632(18), α4 = −1.353535(86) × 10−3, α5 = −2.232075(40) × 10−3; q40 = 5.24858(12) × 10−3, and q50 = 4.66044(12) × 10−3, with the errors (1σ) on the last quoted digit. Second, a more complete set of bending levels with Σt Vt ≤ 4, some of which have never previously been reported, and also including V2 = 1 have been fitted to 80 parameters. This simultaneous fit involved 43 bands and used the same full Hamiltonian matrix. Some perturbations which affect the higher excited levels are discussed.

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